The Washington Commanders Marching Band is the marching band for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League. It is the league's oldest marching band.
The team marching band in 2016
The 110-piece Washington Redskins Band as it appeared in 1952, replete with over-the-top feathered war bonnets.
George Preston Marshall
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George Preston Marshall was an American professional football executive who founded the National Football League 's Washington Redskins. The team began play as the Boston Braves in 1932; he renamed th
Washington Commanders Marching Band
…NFL). It is the league's oldest marching band. The group was established in September 1937 by a local milk company and quickly embraced by team owner George Preston Marshall as The Redskins Marching Band. After a two-year hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic and Redskins naming controversy, the band was reformed with its…
Marshall in 1937
Marshall talking with Washington Redskins players, 1937
Marshall with Redskins head coach Ray Flaherty, 1937
NFL commissioner Bert Bell and Marshall presenting Redskins tickets to U.S. president Harry Truman, 1949